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Chapter 196 Prediction (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Scorching Release is also a combination of two chakra nature transformations, and its strength is no less than that of Ice Release.

Furthermore, due to its bloodline limit, the destructive power of Scorch Release far exceeds that of Ice Release.

Hong unleashed her full power, raising a blazing fireball six meters in diameter. It radiated terrifying heat like a miniature sun, instantly melting and evaporating the nearby snow, and even causing the air to distort slightly.

"It's that bloodline again, but this is my home turf."

The voice of the Third Mizukage came from above the crowd.

With the sound, an icy realm condensed in the sky, and the tall, handsome figure of the Third Mizukage emerged from it, his hands still in a hand seal position.

[Ice Release: Frost Shuriken!]

The snowflakes falling from the sky suddenly paused, then accelerated and spun as they fell.

As it rotated, it became increasingly solidified and sharp, like a knife being sharpened, eventually transforming into a rhomboid frost-covered sword.

The icy and snowy area stretched for nearly a thousand meters, with countless snowflakes falling from the sky. Each snowflake transformed into a frost-covered shuriken, creating a sky full of countless shuriken, as densely packed as a torrential downpour.

"Mere ice and snow dare to rival the brilliance of the sun!"

The red-faced man sneered and threw the fireball in his hand.

A terrifying heatwave erupted and swept across, engulfing everything within a radius of hundreds of meters. Amidst the endless shockwave, the mechanical bird spread its wings and narrowly escaped the blast radius.

"Hey, hey, you're exaggerating!" Ryuji said, wiping non-existent cold sweat from his forehead, still shaken.

He had often witnessed the power of the Scorching Release technique.

However, even with Yekura's full power, the explosion only produced an impact force with a diameter of about 100 meters, which was vastly different from the ninjutsu that Kurenai was releasing at this moment, and even her own people were almost caught in it.

Hong smiled apologetically, then turned around to look.

The expanding shockwave from the explosion gradually solidified, then shrank and dissipated little by little, as the deep blue chill returned and snow began to fall again.

Seeing this, both of them fell silent.

In the sky, an ice field condensed, reflecting the figure of the Third Mizukage, who calmly said, "I take back what I said before. To be able to detect and destroy my core tactic so quickly, you are definitely not second-rate ninjas."

He paused, then continued, "However, the freezing cold is my home turf. Even if my domain is broken, I can immediately reopen it."

"So what?" Long Er smiled nonchalantly and said, "It'll just be a little more troublesome to deal with, but the outcome won't change."

As he spoke, the mechanical bird beneath his feet opened its beak and unleashed a barrage of chakra bullets, shattering the ice barrier in front of it.

"That's right, the ending remains unchanged!"

The Third Mizukage's voice echoed in the sky, and the falling snow transformed into shuriken that attacked once more.

"Exploding Flame Rasengan!" Ryuji opened his right hand, condensing a rotating and compressed flame ball, and pushed it forward the instant the snowflakes and shuriken attacked. An endless vortex of flames erupted forward, sweeping across the world and filling an area of ​​hundreds of meters in radius.

Under this intense heat, the swords in Feixue's hand were melted and evaporated.

Steam filled the air, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.

Ryuji and Kurenai exchanged a glance and jumped off the mechanical bird.

The mechanical bird swooped down towards the Hidden Mist ninja on the ground.

"So, unable to defeat me, you've changed your target? Hmph, a wise choice indeed!"

Visibility was obscured by the fog.

The Third Mizukage judged the current situation by the sound of the wind, snorted coldly, and then condensed an ice barrier dozens of meters in front of the mechanical bird before reflecting it back.

Moving at the speed of light, arriving in an instant, is far beyond the reaction speed of human visual nerves. Even in the ninja world, only the Snow Clan's Ice Release secret technique can achieve this, and it is absolutely unstoppable.

However, there is a skill in this world called "prediction".

At that moment, the Third Mizukage's light-speed movement was stopped.

Just as he was about to reflect onto the opposite ice realm, Ryuji and Kurenai suddenly appeared on either side of the ice realm, their already raised fists swinging at each other.

The Third Mizukage appeared in front of their fists in the next instant, as if he were deliberately offering his face to someone else's outstretched fist.

"Bang!"

The fists struck the Third Mizukage on the left and right sides of his face, creating a gust of wind that dispersed the nearby mist.

"I told you, the outcome won't change!"

Looking at the Third Mizukage whose face was cracked from the blow, Ryuji said calmly, then jumped back with Kurenai.

The mechanical bird suddenly charged in, smashing the Third Mizukage and the Ice Realm to pieces.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

"Scorching Release: Overheating and Killing!"

Kurenai and Ryuji quickly formed hand seals, releasing a high-temperature ninjutsu.

The raging fire dragons danced wildly, and the scorching fireballs evaporated everything.

The two collided above the remains of the Third Mizukage, bursting forth with dazzling light.

Then, the energy exploded, and a terrifying heat wave spread, seemingly burning everything, even turning the floating continent in the sky a fiery red.

"The Third Mizukage!"

The Hidden Mist ninja below couldn't help but scream in alarm.

Yagura, the two Jinchuriki, and even the Seven Ninja Swordsmen all wore solemn expressions.

Although they don't have the spirit of sacrificing everything for the village, everyone is in the same boat now. If the Third Mizukage is defeated, they won't have a good ending either.

but.

Although I wanted to help, the Third Mizukage's domain and all his ninjutsu were indiscriminate, large-scale AOE attacks, and it would be easy to get caught in the crossfire if I rushed in.

A moment later, the smoke dissipated.

Everyone stared intently, and saw a scorched, 30-meter-diameter crater on the ravaged land, while the Third Mizukage was nowhere to be seen.

but……

"The field hasn't stopped yet."

Long Er looked at the sky, his brows furrowed.

The next second, endless cold currents converged towards the center of the pit, condensing into an ice figure resembling the Third Mizukage.

Then, the ice layer melted away, gradually transforming into real people.

The Third Mizukage's body reappeared.

However, he doesn't look too good.

His smooth, waist-length black hair turned white, his smooth, fair skin became wrinkled, and his slender figure became stooped. The young man who originally looked to be only around twenty years old has now become an old man in his sixties or seventies.

Furthermore, his clothes were burned in many places, and he also had large areas of burns on his face and hands.

His aura was no longer as strong as before.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on her red face. "Looks like it wasn't entirely useless after all!"

"That's natural." Ryuji said matter-of-factly, "As long as it's the ninjutsu that's immune to physical attacks and not the person himself, then there's no such thing as an unsolvable effect. Otherwise, he wouldn't be the Third Mizukage, but the God of Shinobi."

Konan's God Paper Person Technique has a similar effect, but it only works if the God Paper Person Technique is maintained.

Furthermore, after she was soaked in oil, her body could not split into paper, so it still had no effect.

I caught a cold, and the medicine made me dizzy.

(End of this chapter)